A cross-party group of MPs have today released Delivering the vision of a ‘Smokefree Generation’, a report outlining a number of measures aimed at reducing smoking prevalence in the UK population to 5% or below.

Presidents of the medical royal colleges, the chair of council of the RCGP, and over 800 doctors, health professionals and academics are calling on NHS England to ensure that tobacco dependence treatment is provided for every smoker cared for by the NHS, as part of the long-term plan.

A major new report released today by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) calls for a radical change in the way the NHS treats smoking, by providing opt-out cessation services as a routine component of all hospital care.